Burkart House
13483 72 Avenue, Surrey, Colombie-Britannique, V3W, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1998/11/02
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1920/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2009/02/26
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
Located on the north side of 72 Avenue (originally Newton Road) in the centre of the Newton neighbourhood of Surrey, the Burkart House is a one and one-half storey Late Craftsman bungalow with a hipped roof and a large addition on the west side. The house is located adjacent to the former B.C. Electric Railway right-of-way.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Burkart House is valued as an example of the early development of the Newton neighbourhood and for its architecture.
The Burkart House demonstrates the impact of the B.C. Electric Railway (BCER) on settlement patterns in the Newton area. BCER passenger and freight service commenced in this area in 1910, opening this once heavily-forested area to settlement, logging and commercial opportunities. Built in 1920 for two brothers of Swiss origin, Jacob and Joseph Burkart, the Burkart house is immediately southwest of the former location of Newton Station, a stop on the BCER line that once served the nearby Hiland/Sullivan Lumber Company and King & Farris Lumber Company. After 1930, it was home to Lewis Jack and his wife Jane, who had operated a successful store across the street since 1918, supplying the booming local logging industry with groceries, meat, clothing, coal and lumber.
The Burkhart house was originally built as a symmetrical Craftsman Bungalow with a hipped roof, a central front dormer and a full-width front porch with central entry. With increasing densification in Newton, the house was converted to a restaurant in 1974 and underwent a major renovation in 1982 that included a major extension to the west and the infilling of the verandah. Set amidst mature vegetation, the Burkart House is still used as a restaurant.
Source: City of Surrey Planning Department
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Burkart House include its:
- location in the heart of the commercial area of Newton, southwest of the former B.C. Electric Railway right-of-way and former site of the Newton Station
- residential form, scale and massing of the original house, as expressed in its one-and-one-half storey height, rectangular plan, and hipped roof with hipped dormer and closed eaves
- wooden construction with narrow lapped wooden siding and corner boards
- Craftsman-style elements such as verandah columns, now within the enclosed verandah
- original windows such as single and triple-assembly, double-hung six-over-six wooden-sash windows on the west elevation
- mature coniferous trees lining the east side of the property
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
1998/11/02
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Établissement de restauration ou de débit de boissons
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Surrey Planning Department
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DgRr-37
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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